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Agenda for Class 04: Monday, October 4, 2010

Main Topics/Goals: What Resources are Available to Help Me Teach?

Remember that we will meet in the Curriculum Materials Library in the Library Today

Activities

• Opening Discussion: TGT Ch 4: Refining the Images
• Introduction to the Curriculum Materials Library
• CMapTools: Creating Concepts Maps to Represent Our Knowledge
  • CMapTools Reference Page
• Overview: Adopt a GSE Challenge
  • GSE Signup
• Representing a GSE with a Concept Map
  • Why concept maps?
  • Based on last week's reading, what are the steps for creating a good concept map.
  • Let's try one together: Conservation of Energy
  • Apply what you've learned: Create a concept map of your GSE.
• Locating CML Resources for our GSEs

Homework

• Due on Saturday:
  • Observe/Reflect Journal Entry #2
• Due next week:
  • Read Chapter 5 in TGT.
  • Discuss with CT (and take notes):

o What makes your topic/GSE hard to learn?
o What activities (including labs, investigations, etc.) does he/she generally use?
o Post a two-paragraph description of your unit plan on URITK

• Deadline: GSEs Unpacked